There are many forces that play into an object falling down and hitting the ground. For a fragile object like an egg, making it survive a small fall is very difficult let alone four stories. It is possible to make the egg survive however, by encasing it in something. You can compare the egg to a human in a car. A car crash can be deadly however the car that is around acts like the objects you would encase an egg in. In a car crash, or in most collisions, there is a primary and a secondary impact. The primary impact in a car crash would be the car deforming and being destroyed due crashing into something. The secondary impact is the contents in the car moving, in this case, quite violently. In many cases, the secondary impact might actually be more deadly than the primary, and the same goes for an egg drop, because there are contents inside the …show more content…
Modern cars are created with crumple zones, areas of a car that are made to break when the car crashes into something. If you recall from the first paragraph about primary and secondary collisions, crumple zones can minimize the effect of primary collisions by taking the force and putting it into destroying the outside. We tried to mimic this with our design. Styrofoam is a very light but it is also very easy to break, and flipping the bottom plate upside allowed for the plate on the bottom to most likely break when it hits the ground. But, like in a car, the plate might be broken but the contents inside the cup are safe. One last time we have done to slow the fall was to add a balloon to the top of the design. Trapping air particles that constantly want to go up adds to the air resistance, making the design slow down even more in midair. With all these additions, after testing several times, the egg survived all of them. Yet when we tested the final time of four stories, the egg in its plastic bag disappeared never to be found
We tested an apple being dropped from a constant distance of 2.4m above the ground, this was used as a representation of a person falling from a high distance. We also tested a blood-like substance being dropped from a medicine dropper from a constant distance of 1.5m above the ground, this was used as a representation of a simple nose bleed.
There are three safety features in the egg project. The three safety features are seat belts, brakes, and airbags. The seat belts are made out of tape. The seat belts put pressure on the passenger. This means that it will keep the passenger inside the car instead of flying out and getting injured. The airbags are made out of bubble wrap. The bubble wrap will have a huge impact on the area of the passenger. It is like a soft cushion. This protects the passenger from hitting the passenger. The passenger will get hurt by the airbag, but not as much without one. If there wasn’t an airbag in a car, people would be getting into a second collision. A second collision is where the body hits the car. That is the whole point of an airbag. The brakes are made out of cotton balls. The brakes prevent the passenger from getting hit and it puts force on it. Also, they prevent it from getting into a first collision. A first collision is where a
Going into the egg drop project our group felt confident due to an abundance amount of research each one of us had done. Our cradle consisted of an inner tetrahedron base, using clear straws that were taped together holding the egg inside within the zip lock bag. The outer part of our cradle was formed by a full straw being cut in half then taped side-by-side, increasing the strength of the straws, then tapped at the vertices of our tetrahedron; facing the opposite direction of the egg. Rubber bands were then wrapped around the center of the entire model, further holding the straws in place.
I was kind of worried about the egg breaking because at first we didn’t have a strong parachute, until we found a huge garbage bag to use as a parachute. After putting our newer parachute on, I
According to the Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis, "automobile crashes are the leading cause of death for those aged 3 to 33, with 43,005 (118 per day) Americans killed in 2002 alone" (Clayton, Helms, Simpson, 2006). Worldwide, vehicle accidents consist of 1.2 millions deaths per year, "behind only childhood infections and AIDS as cause of death amount people aged 5 to 30 years old" (Clayton., 2006). The annual cost of road accidents is estimated about $518 billion"(Factor, Yair, Mahalel, 2013). The fact alone of being in a moving, heavy vehicle is a danger in itself but individuals that do not wear their seat belts, talk on the phone, text, and do other distracting behavior also put themselves in even more harmful situations.
Trauma is an overwhelming experience that causes injury to a person's psychological state of mind. Complex trauma, on the other hand, is a term used by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). In which an increased emphasis is placed on the impact of multiple traumatizing events that occur during child development stages. As well as an increase in sensitivity of those traumas involving close personal relationships, such as caregivers and siblings (Forkey 3). Children exposed to complex trauma suffer from detrimental short-term and long-term effects on every aspect of their child development. These effects significantly impact their overall "quality of life," specifically affecting areas of cognitive functioning, neurobiological
A lot of people don’t understand the severity of a head injury. In a new study showing that head impacts among second grade football players are sometimes as severe as those seen at the college level, the national president of Pop Warner said he will propose a rule that, for the first time, would limit the amount of contact allowed in practices. While football is a very fun sport to participate in and to watch, it is very dangerous. Head collisions are extremely dangerous and can give people concussions or even worse, lead to worse injuries. We should do more in order to ensure that these accidents don’t happen and prevent them. There was a discovery in a twenty one year old that had never been diagnosed with a concussion. CTE which is Chronic Traumatic Encephalophay is a brain disease that can be caused by multiple hits to the head. This disease is linked to depression, impulse-control problems, memory loss, and
Imagine being a paramedic and you just arrived on the scene of a car accident. The car accident involved a man, whose car was driven off the bridge and into a river. The male driver was unable to get out of the car and ended up drowning. On your initial examination of the man’s body, you determined he did not die immediately but attempted to escape the car. Soon his family arrived on site and the man, whom drowned, his wife approaches you, upset and asks you, “If her husband was killed instantly in a crash or did he suffer before he died?” You must decide how you will answer this tough question, rather to lie, defer to someone else, or not to lie to her. Based of Kant’s theories the conclusion is we should not lie to this woman about what happened to her husband but speak the truth to her about the matter.
The force and impact of collisions have truly been based off the material that cars have been built with. In the past, cars were built with heavy parts and steel as it was believed to be a safe way to protect occupants in the car as the structure would be more solid. Although, this is not the case since with a heavier and stronger body, the time of the collision would be very minimal which would overall increase the force of the impact based on the car’s specific velocity and mass. On the other hand, modern cars utilise a specific feature called a Crumple Zone. The Crumple Zone is implemented in cars through the way they have been shaped with the metal. The metal in the outside of cars have been heated, cooled, and molded in a way to be able
One moment the car in perfect condition, without so much as a scratch on its curving surface the next moment impact, sheer impact. Total destruction. In...
There is an old saying that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. There is a lot of truth to this statement, especially if you are the one walking away. Here are the stories of two such landings that I am personally familiar with. Since they are both very similar in nature, they will be discussed simultaneously in the pages to follow. N9KF was a Model 1 Kitfox. It was built and flown by my father. The Kitfox is an experimental, homebuilt kit plane. Every plane, like every person, has a story. This is the story of N9KF or at least the story as I know it.
Disappointment, disbelief and fear filled my mind as I lye on my side, sandwiched between the cold, soft dirt and the hot, slick metal of the car. The weight of the car pressed down on the lower half of my body with monster force. It did not hurt, my body was numb. All I could feel was the car hood's mass stamping my body father and farther into the ground. My lungs felt pinched shut and air would neither enter nor escape them. My mind was buzzing. What had just happened? In the distance, on that cursed road, I saw cars driving by completely unaware of what happened, how I felt. I tried to yell but my voice was unheard. All I could do was wait. Wait for someone to help me or wait to die.
Car accidents are quite common in Chester, SC. Sometimes, these accidents are minor fender benders but in other cases, they can be serious and cause serious and life-threatening injuries. Car accidents involve people of all ages and genders and can occur at any time. The question is: if you are in a car accident, which party will pay for the damages that are incurred?
Crumple zones- are a structural feature used in automobiles. They help by absorbing the impact; this is by spreading the impact through parts of the car instead of in the one spot. This reflects back onto law number one, two and three. This is shown when the car hits the object it causes the car to slow down or completely stop (1). The crumble zone would protect the driver because all the energy has been diverted around the car, instead of the one spot. As a result of the cars mass and its acceleration, the force can be calculated (2). When the car crashes it’s most likely that the object w...
Last year I got involved in a massive car accident. It was the most terrified part of life. It was the moment. I will never forget in my whole life. Before, I never realized how people really feel when a car accident happens.But,after this car accident I know what really it felt like. It was the moment. My mind was totally feared of driving. I was crushed by the hot metal and cold dirt of car. I was not feeling my arm,my body was numbed.It was felt like my lower body pressed down with monster force. All I could feel was the noise of car accident ringing in my ear.I was barely able to move my body. I was kept thinking. What my parents going to think about this? Where is my friend John? I looked through the window and saw the cars passing by